A June 2021 protocol defining roles, principles and practical rules to guide collaboration between national genebanks and community seed banks, covering capacity building, seed exchange, Prior Informed Consent and joint activities.
Governance, Rights & Policy Debates
FARMER-MANAGED SEED SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY SEED BANKS AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS – A SYNTHESIS
Synthesis on farmer-managed seed systems and community seed banks: their importance for seed security, legal and policy barriers, and a policy agenda to realize Farmers’ Rights.
Governance and Financing Models for Organic Plant Breeding in Europe
A two-part webinar on the topic of Governance and Financing Models for Organic Plant Breeding in Europe will be held within the Liveseeding project in March. When? 10 March 2026 | 9h30–13h00 CET 11 March 2026 | 9h30–12h30 CET What to expect? • Governance and financing...
Seed systems in the agroecological transition
The special meeting on Seed systems in the agroecological transition: deep dive on governance, policy and best-practices is scheduled on 19 March from 2 to 3:30 PM CET. The goals of the meeting are: to raise awareness about the place of seeds in the agroecological...
Genetic Resources Strategy for Europe
Pan-European strategy (GenRes Bridge, 2021) with recommendations to conserve, characterise, monitor and sustainably use plant, animal and forest genetic resources; calls for coherent policy, capacity, funding and info systems.
EU Agriculture Ministers Restrict Farmers’ Rights
ARCHE NOAH warns: Council position hands more power to seed industry! An effective ban on the work of small cereal breeders, prohibitions on farmer seed exchange, and a bureaucratic nightmare for local seed producers. Today’s General Approach on the proposed new EU Seed Law adopted by the Council of Agriculture Ministers threatens agrobiodiversity and plays into the hands of the agrochemical lobby.
